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A Southern California teenager who was fatally shot while handcuffed by police last Wednesday was armed during the incident, a police spokesperson said Monday.
The suspect, later identified as Lamon Khiry Haslip, 18, died Friday night.
Haslip’s friends and neighbors, including Pastor Caleb Henderson, have admitted that Haslip was a gang member, but contest the way in which he was killed.
"No one should be shot, handcuffed with hands behind their back," Henderson said.
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Byttany Haines and her boyfriend Daniel Aguilar said they saw the deadly incident up close.
"He didn't move; he wasn't screaming; he didn't try to resist; he was handcuffed," Aguilar said.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s office told NBC4 that a deputy chased down and arrested Haslip while responding to a "man with a gun" call. When backup arrived, the office said Haslip "rolled over" and revealed a gun.
Haines said that’s when deputies started screaming for the teen to “get down.”
"And you hear one shot and he doesn't move after that, you know he’s dead," Haines said. "I started screaming, I cried and I just kept yelling, 'Call the news, you guys can’t just do that to people.'"
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Aguilar said the incident was disturbing.
"I felt like crying you know because I never seen anyone get popped like that," Aguilar said.
Anita Morris, Haslip’s aunt, said the man’s father is in prison and his mother lives out of state. Morris said she always believed Haslip would turn his life around and is devastated he won’t get that chance.
"I like him to be remembered by his smile," Morris said.
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We have one sick society. Incompetent cops kill a young man while hand cuffed and on the ground, that's murder. Even if he really had a gun , they could have manage him without committing cold blooded murder.
Some of you aplaud their action, perhaps it's because you think this could never happen to you but it could. Even if you are white one of these cops could cross your path or the path of someone you love.
you do not murder an animal. This POS was nothing but a burden on society, his community and his family. I will not shed a tear when trash like this is killed. I would be willing to reimburse the police for the cost of the bullet though.
Really. No, it couldn't happen to most of us because we respect society, including the cops. The idea this could happen to anybody is absurd. We don't all run around in gangs openly carrying weapons. We don't all live in neighborhoods where people run around shooting each other on a regular basis. I just can't imagine some of these neighborhoods that think gangs running around is the norm.
It could happen to any of us. Of course, it is easier to happen if you are not white. All you need is a kooky cop and you are done for. I know, I made the mistake to ask for directions from a cop in California. The guy was so tense that I feared he might decide to attack me. Wont ever ask a cop for directions again.
In any case, the victim was a human being, not an animal, and we don't know what his crime was, if any. People here in the US, have become paranoid. We had a guy in my neighborhood that was always complaining about the gangs here but the so called gangs were kids playing basketball or football. There are no gangs in this neighborhood.
Actually, shooting this POS was pretty competent. It's not cold-blooded murder. It's taking out the garbage.
Did you know that legal mind bending drugs cause violent reactions, murder and suicide? There is an article in Time magazine about that. They don't look at the problem fully of course but they admit the tendency.
If you really are thinking people and you care about your safety and the safety of those you love perhaps you should look into that and, if you are taking some of those medicines, perhaps you should change them.
jibaro, Don't EVEN try to make it sound like OH the poor boy!!! He's a gang member who had a gun on him,i don't know how they missed it but none the less if he could of gotten his hands around the back of him we would have dead policemen and that is unacceptable.
Jibaro, did you also know that not taking legal mind bending drugs can cause violent reactions, murder, and suicide? If you are not taking some of those medicines, perhaps you should start.
Doubt very much that the guy could have killed a couple of policemen with his hands cuffed behind his back. That only happens in movies. He was a gang member, perhaps not a good kid but even so he was a human being and cops can't be executors, judge and jury. The moment we allow that, and we are doing so right now, we open the door to becoming victims of those cops.
...and even easier if you're a known gang-banger with a weapon.
jibaro,
Sounds like you are a racist. Let me tell you something. If you weren't such a racist, you would know that police shoot whites also. But to end your whinning, this crap broke the law, had a gun, was a gang-banger. Hell, give me a gun, I'd shoot him again. Stop whinning race when ever a black gets nailed. If he wasn't doing anything wrong, no problem. There wouldn't be this article.
Grow up!
Doubt very much that the guy could have killed a couple of policemen with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Wrong, Jibaro. Just how many times have you been around anyone that is illegally carrying a gun and then gets handcuffed?
"I see a red sash I kill the man wearing it." Kurt Russell "Tombstone"
I like the motto. Another gang banger dead BFD. Ya, he was was going to turn his life around, maybe after another 40 years of mayhem and he's too old to continue.
Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho, and a couple of tra-la-la's! Oh, I'm sorry. I really meant to say ..........ummmmmmm......Happy days are here again........no, that's not right either...........how about boo-boo-hoo, sniff-sniff-sniff.......nope, just doesn't have the right ring to it, so I think I'll stick with the ha-ha-ha.
If Obama had a son, that's probably what he would be like . . .
Another punk bites the dust.....boo hoo.
Any law enforcement person needs to be cautious in their work but to have a constant fear creates a very dangerous worker and it is these and the trigger happy ones that probably end up killing needlessly.
Drama Drama Drama..Thats all the Media looks for. Handcuffed teen? Suppose they'll tell us he was an Honor Student and gave all his drug dealing cash to Charity.
If you have a problem with the media or this story why do you particpate?
I give up...why do you respond?
I smell lawsuit and your fired Mr. police officer all over this one if more than just the one girl was witness. Bad cop, you just cannot kill someone already in handcuffs. Gang banger or not, how would you like to be killed by a panicked cop or loose your mind officer? I am sure this one will get the headlines across the nation if it happened like is said in this story. Cops just cannot kill for no reason because he was a gang banger. He had to be a current threat to the officer or someone else.
All gang bangers should get the same treatment.
MSN forgot to put his baby picture up.
Just don't put the one of him hugging a puppy when he was a baby. That one will make me cry.
"You guys just can't do that to people." Oh yeah? It's what he would have done if they didn't have him handcuffed, punk. One more 'badass' teenager (carrying an ILLEGAL gun) off the streets.
Sounds like he "missed" that chance to turn his life around.
This must be why the liberal left only wants law enforcement to have guns...
Their own population control.
So what if the guy was a gangbanger? The next handcuffed kid to be shot could be yours.
Actually the next one wouldn't be mine, I taught him right and wrong and respect. Come to think of it, he might be the next cop shooting the dirtbag:)
You may have been right if I had taught him drug dealing, welfare fraud and impregnating 30 women without getting married tho.
Thats the answer Walt! We have one Principal and four teachers in our Family. No respect. No interest in school. The "gang"will take care of me is what they say. They threaten you, carry guns and challenge you to say something. They tell the Teachers we know where you live or you have young kids don"t you? Teachers should be given handguns and Tasers. You are dealing with armed animals. One less gang member. Could care less if he was 16 or 66.
Always love it when a New Year starts with good news.
You can't make a judgement without more information. His friends say he was cooperating; the police say he wasn't. This isn't the Old Wild West, folks, where everybody is running around with holsters and 6 guns. I do have a problem when the girl's first response was to say, "Call the news." How about, "Call an ambulance."
Byttany Haines? Hopefully that is a typo because her mom did her no favors in naming her so poorly. Enough with pretend names. Obviously an ignorant girl anyway since she is a fan of a banger. The deceased was no winner in the name department either. Lots of times I know exactly what a person's heritage is from the insanity of their name.
It was a typo - her real name was Byttany Fruit-of-the-Loom
the way i see it is one less worthless criminal to support with tax payer money hell we should get the cops to go and just shoot everyone who is in a gang that would settle a lot of problems the world would be a lot better place for us all
we need more hand cuff control.
"Live by the sword...Die by the sword..."
For all of you who do not see this as a loss of life to be concerned about, or express satisfaction that the person is dead, you probably have the same mentality as the criminal who has little regard for a human life.
No, we're just glad that one more threat to innocent people has been eliminated. Why would the loss of life be something to be concerned about for anyone other than his fellow gang-bangers and his loser relatives?
prog1
Give him the same respect for human life as he did others. Garbage like him is not human life as it should be, just something in human life form.
Awesome start for 2013 !!!!! Time for another cup of coffee and some brunch...
if the police are doing things like this now while people own guns just think of how bad it will get when only they have guns.
boomer812, This wasn't Mr. john citizen here who needed to protect himself. this was a scumbag gangbanger who had an illegal handgun witch made him a felon. I'd rather read this story then he got to his gun and killed three police officers.
you fool, live by the gun, die by the gun, too many police officers are getting shot, if you get stopped , tell the police you have a gun and do not move, they can then get the gun and you will not be shot, this is just a result of THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE and being stupid
Awww I feel so bad I could cry. Sniff, sniff, sniffles. Now they have to be prepared to hear from Al, Jesse, and the do gooders.
18yo Gang Banger, with an illegal weapon is dead. His father is in prison and his mother moved away. Liberals never want to address the real problem. To them it is guns.
The mom will hurry back to collect the money from the lawsuit. She may be trademarking his name as we speak.
the cops will kill you period , never call police unless you want someone shot dead.
Well, maybe one of your neighbors will help out there. Go over and kick down their front door, but give them the chance to dial 911. Let us know how that works out for you. If you can.
Since he was identified as a gang member, the "good riddance" factor is high, unfortunately. I'd be interested in knowing who said he was handcuffed (no source in the story............. the police?............. witnesses with an axe to grind with the police?.................... impartial witnesses?), and, was he frisked? If he was cuffed first before frisking and had a handgun (legally obtained, no doubt) in his waistband in the small of his back, it's possible he could have been desperate enough, savage enough, or stupid enough to try to pull it out while cuffed. If he was down and helpless, though, it was an execution or a fear reaction on the part of a deputy or police officer. Let's wait for the dust to settle.
The kid was breaking several laws just by having the gun on him. Unlike most states, in CA it is illegal to carry a firearm on your person unless you are law enforcement or live in a county with 200,000 people or less. Under very rare circumstances do they issue concealed carry permits. Transporting of a firearm from home to a range must be done with the gun unloaded, in a case, and easily within view of a police officer were you to be stopped. Purchasing a handgun can only be done by persons 21 years of age or older.
While this article does not give enough information to make an accurate judgement regarding the actions of the police officers, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. The media often misreports incidents; often jumping the gun before all the accurate information is even made public they report assumptions. Regardless, this young man, while his death is unfortunate for one so young, he was breaking more than one law by merely possessing a gun on his person in the state of CA. Riverside has a lot more than 200,000 residents, so the rural carry does not apply.
You are so off topic! the teen was executed! PRE-JUDGED! this is not the first time tha riverside county sheriffs have had simular accounts: 1. Deputy executes a patron in a Murrietta Bar. 2. Man is hogtied and tazered to death 3. teen shot and killed while cuffed! Seems to me the deputies are in the lead thus far for committing cowardly killings. Show me whereas gang members hogtie and or cuff their victims before executing them! so you tell me whats worse a felon or a bad deputy? Riverside County Sheriffs have taken a major down fall since 2007. Change is needed, and as a concerned County resident along with many other members of the community, we will be monitoring by way of video and audio to stop this type of terrorism they present